Xiang Nanzhi unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth as she thought of this, then continued to draw her design. Ma Xiaorong got goosebumps from her infatuated look. "So, are you going to spend your whole life together?"
"certainly!"
If you like someone, you should spend your whole life with them.
Under the bright sun on the grassland, Shen Jila brought a basin of water into the tent. Shen's mother, who was holding a palm-leaf fan, slowly got up when she saw her come in, wrung out the towel in the basin, and wiped herself.
"Mom, are you feeling better?"
Shen Jila went to massage her legs again, and Shen's mother quietly leaned against the bed and responded.
Outside, cattle and sheep were bleating and grazing freely on the grassland. After a while, Chen's mother asked, "Has your older brother called yet?"
“I did get a call. My brother said that my sister-in-law’s belly is getting bigger every day. My sister-in-law’s family is from the city and they are very wealthy, but raising a family and children is a man’s job. No matter how hard he tries to save money, the children in the city need to drink milk powder.”
Mother Shen nodded. She had heard her husband talk a lot about the outside world, but she was destined not to have the fortune to see it with her own eyes. She had never left the grassland in her life.
"Mom, if you miss your older brother, I'll give him a call."
"How are things between you and Rooney?"
Chen Jila blushed, wrung out the towel, and turned to hang it on a bamboo pole to dry.
"Gila, tell me honestly, do you think Rooney is good?"
Chen Jira sat back down next to her mother. "I gave it to Rooney. He's a very good man, and I'm willing."
"With your older brother gone, we can't be without a man here."
“He said he would discuss it with his parents, and that my older brother might not go back to live on the grasslands. I also told him that.”
People who leave the grasslands almost never return; most become enamored with the prosperity of big cities. Shen Jila thought that since his sister-in-law and children were in the city, he certainly wouldn't come back either.
Around noon, while Chen Jila was cooking, she heard her phone ring. She turned around, reached into her sheepskin bag, and took the phone out. She pressed the answer button, "Hello..."
“Gira”.
"It's my sister-in-law!"
Chen Jila has received very few phone calls, so she can immediately recognize whose voice it is.
Xiang Nanzhi was somewhat surprised, but still asked, "Jila, how is your mother?"
"She's also your mother, sister-in-law. How are things between you and your older brother?"
"I was just about to ask you, your older brother has been working several jobs recently, is something wrong at home?"
Shen Jila looked at her mother, who was sunbathing outside the tent. "No, everything is fine at home, Mom. Mom is recovering a lot."
Shen Jila's Mandarin wasn't very fluent, but recently some Han Chinese had come to the grasslands to buy cattle and sheep, and Shen Jila had learned a lot from them. She and Rooney sold cattle and sheep to the Han Chinese to supplement their household income.
"Sister-in-law, has something happened to my brother? Is he...?"
"It's alright, your older brother is fine."
Xiang Nanzhi smiled and said, "Your older brother is very good to Jira. He's been working particularly hard lately, and I thought it was because the family was short of money."
"No, that's not true. We've sold quite a few cattle and sheep recently, so you have money to spare, sister-in-law."
Chen Jila added, "But my older brother called me and said that you are about to give birth, and he wants to save as much money as possible because the children in the city drink milk powder, and he wants to earn money for milk powder."
Xiang Nanzhi was taken aback. So it was because of her and the child?
"Sister-in-law, I'll say something you won't like to hear, but our grasslands are the best. Our sheep's milk is free, and we can drink more than we can drink..."
Chen Jila chatted with her for a while longer before Xiang Nanzhi hung up the phone.
In fact, she couldn't fully understand what Chen Jila was saying because of her heavy Saigon accent. Sometimes, as she spoke, she would naturally slip in a few words of Saigon.
Xiang Nanzhi took a nap, and after waking up, she took Ma Xiaorong to go shopping in the mall. She didn't look at women's clothing, but went specifically to the men's clothing section.
His clothes are so old, he should get a new pair.
Shen Shixun was a large man, so she could roughly guess what size he wore and bought a whole bunch of clothes haphazardly.
Ma Xiaorong was used to Xiang Nanzhi spending money like water, but she had too many things and it was difficult for her to carry them. Halfway through the shopping trip, Ma Xiaorong couldn't take it anymore and called her bodyguard to help her take the things to the car.
"Can he wear all these clothes you bought? Isn't this enough?"
“I don’t know what he likes, but if I buy more, he’ll have more to choose from.”
After shopping, the clothes Xiang Nanzhi bought filled the entire trunk of the car.
Xiang Jingyi was busy with work when Su Lan came to the company to bring him some food. "Isn't it a coincidence that I ran into your sister when I was buying you a tie?"
Su Lan opened the box of ties she had bought and placed it in front of Xiang Jingyi. "How is it? Do you like it?"
"Um."
Xiang Jingyi glanced at it but didn't react much. "You said you ran into Zhizhi. What happened to Zhizhi?"
"She's shopping, and she's buying all men's clothing. Your little maid is having a hard time keeping up with her."
Xiang Jing nodded, "Xiao Rong and Zhi Zhi are friends, it's not appropriate for you to call her a maid."
"That's because the Xiang family pays her a salary. She can be a friend, but she's also a maid. I'm not wrong."
Xiang Jing didn't look up or say anything. Su Lan placed the coffee next to him. "I've been busy lately, and you've been busy too. We finally get to meet, can't we chat for a bit?"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Jingyi put down her work and glanced at the food she had bought.
Su Lan is a perfectionist; she demands that everything be exquisite and beautiful. She has been like this since she was in school. She loves to play with elegant things and has a clear disdain for vulgar things.
She also loves a peaceful life and dislikes having any threats around her.
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